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Diphtheria is a serious bacterial disease that causes severe inflammation of the nose, throat and windpipe.

This winter season, help protect your child from serious illness with a free flu vaccine.

A number of combined immunisations against diphtheria, tetanus and other infectious diseases are available to provide protection at various life stages.

Some immunisations are recommended for all Australian teenagers.

You need several doses of the vaccine before you are fully protected against polio.

Being immunised from an early age helps protect your child against serious childhood infections.

We answer some common questions about immunisation, including how immunisation works, why it's important and where you can be immunised.

By law, parents or guardians must provide an Immunisation History Statement when enrolling children in any childcare service, kindergarten or primary school in Victoria.

If you've recently arrived in Australia or missed out on an immunisation for any reason, you may need catch-up doses.

A family shares their experience when their baby daughter contracted whooping cough (or pertussis)